Paddle ball



Nov. 3,1925. V 1,559,953

T. H. IURMAN PADDLE BALL Filed April 1 0, 1924 50 :rii' Iocket'Qr .net 12 to the paddle, as early Patented Nov. 3, 1925. I

UNITED 'sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. FURMAN, or LOS ANoELEseALn oRmn- PADDLE BALL.

Application flied April 10, 1924. :Serial No 705,585.

1 '0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it vknown that I, THOMAS H; FUnMAN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at LosAngeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paddle Balls, of which the following is a -specification.

This inyfiition-re'lates to toys.

An object of this invention is the )rovision of a toy which may be called a pa dle ball,- comprising a paddle having an aperture extending through opposite aces hereof and i :1 depending pocket colnmunicating withthe aperture and secured to the paddle, the

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line of Fiml J lig: is a plan view of a disc employed to soon a pocket to the paddle,.and

Fig. 4 is asection taken on the line 4- 4.

of Fi 3. N

Re erring to the drawings for a more detailed description thereof-,the delic'e of my invention is a toy comprising a wooden paddle 7 havinga handle 8.

has a flat under face 9 and :1 flat. upper face '10. The body of the paddle is provided with a circular \.apertu1'e 11 extending through the faces 9 and 10. A pocket 12 in the forni of a net depends from the face 9 of the paddle and is secured to this faceby 7 means of .an annular ring 13 having annd t jh paddle 7 by mea ns of the annu aperture 14 of the same diameter as the aperture} 1. The annular ring 13 may be of me'talaind is pressed out at lntervals to form.

triangular" teeth'715 which are inserted through the upper edge portion of the net ,and into the paddle, thereby 880111111]? the shown in Fig. 2. k string 17 is secured at ts upper ar The paddle rin The lower end of the rubber string i 17 is attached to a resilient ball 18 which is preferably made of rubber.

In using the toy, the paddle is raise the ball taking the direction indicated y thebroken line 'A;. the paddle is then brought to down suddenly being manipulated to strike the ball at a po nt-B, for example... The balb ,then takes the direction indicated by the vertical line C and strikes the'floor or ground and rebounds in a, direction indicated, for '65 example, by the broken line D, and rises.

above the paddle, the latter being manipulatedto let the ball fall into the pocket or, basket 12,; the string 17 then assumingthe position 17",shown in dotted lines.-

If desired, the paddle may be -turned over I while the ball is in the air above the paddle and the ball caught in the basket, the latter being pushed by the ball .to the opposite side of the paddle, this reversal ofthe pocket being allowed for by the fact that it is preferab made of 'flexlbleznetting, I I

Variations of the above described method of use will readily suggest themselves, to one I so who uses the toy. V

This invention has been described but modifications thereof maybe devised without departing :from the spirit thereof, and it is to be understoodthat such modifications come within the scope of this invention.

"What is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising a wooden ing anaperture extending through opposite faces thereof, a depending pocket c'onnnunicatlng'with said aperture, means for securing said pocket to said paddle, said means comprising an annular ring having teeth; adapted to be pressed into the paddle, an elongated slender elasticeleinent secured at paddle havone end to the paddle, and a 'resilicnt ball 06 secured to inent.

the other end of the elastic, cl'e:

2. A toy cdmprising a paddle,.tl1ere being an aperture'flformed in said paddle, a netforming a. pocketbeneath said aperture, net securing -'meflns for securing said net to said paddle, an"ela' 'stic e-lernent, and a; resilient ballsecured to said elastic element, said not securingnieans serving also to: securec said elastic element to-said paddle. 1

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to specification;

- THOMAS H. FURMAN. 

